Arbeia

Arbeia was a large Roman fort in , , , now ruined and partially reconstructed. It was first excavated in the 1870s. All modern buildings on the site were cleared in the 1970s.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Roman fort and museum in South Shields, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum”, “Castra Arbeia”, “Roman fort, South Shields”, and “South Shields Roman fort”
  • Address: South Shields
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fish Quay Low Light and Herd Groyne Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
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The High and Low Lights of North Shields are decommissioned leading lights in , in the United Kingdom. Two pairs of lights survive: the older pair date from 1727 and were operational until 1810; the newer pair then took over, remaining in use until 1999. is situated 1,900 feet north of Arbeia.

Lighthouse
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South Shields is a coastal port town in , , England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the . The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages. is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Arbeia.

Museum
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is situated 2,000 feet south of Arbeia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Shields and North Shields.

Town
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is a coastal port town in , , England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the . The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages.

Town
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is a town in the borough of in , England. It is 8 miles north-east of and borders nearby and .

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is a large town in in northeast England, nine miles east of . It's the largest of a series of towns on the north bank of the Tyne estuary, running into North Shields to the west and Cullercoats to the north, also described on this page.

Arbeia

Latitude
55.00431° or 55° 0′ 16″ north
Longitude
-1.43111° or 1° 25′ 52″ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Operator
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Open location code
9C7W2H39+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 400296957
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
7932555
Wiki­data ID
Q1131391
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Arbeia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة عربية الرومانية”
  • Basque: “Arbeiako erromatar gotorlekua”
  • Basque: “Arbeiako erromatar kanpalekua”
  • Basque: “Castra Arbeia”
  • Cebuano: “Arbeia Roman fort”
  • Czech: “Arbeia”
  • Dutch: “Arbeia (South Shields)”
  • Dutch: “Arbeia”
  • Dutch: “Castra Arbeia”
  • Finnish: “Arbeia”
  • French: “Arbeia”
  • German: “Arbeia”
  • German: “Kastell Arbeia”
  • Irish: “Arbeia”
  • Italian: “Arbeia”
  • Latin: “Arbeia”
  • Spanish: “Arbeia”
  • Spanish: “Castra Arbeia”
  • Spanish: “castra de Arbeia”
  • Spanish: “castrum de Arbeia”
  • Spanish: “castrum de South Shields”
  • Swedish: “Arbeia Roman fort”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ عربیہ”

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